The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-09-22
and churches and temples whose spires
noint haavepward from every town

DOlut ucaNSuWdTu lIOm GNSIf
and every village you may proclaim
The American people take pleasure in
faith! And SO too, you who have as
sembled to witness our tournament
may say with equal truth The Amer
lean people take pleasure in action
bold, adroit, graceful, magnif cent ac-
! ton So it is and 30 it should be- To
be perfect in our three natures we
! should train the intellect, the heart
and the body.
Every country has had its
favorite sports or its national ames.
| Asia Minor had the chariot race, |
Greece, the Olynpian games; Rome, |
the Gladiatorial combats; Spain and
Portugal the bull fights, all of which
may be said to have passed away be
cause of the brutal and sanguinary
character thay wore. But the Tour
nament, the great national sport OF
France and England has been adopt
ed bv America, and It still lives. And
it lives becsuse it repr esents better
sentiment, it IS the true representatives
of chivair And, r,y How citizens
if we would be true 10 the instinct Of
our nature or the traditions of our
race, ne must cultivate the graces Of
chivalry. It tinspires US with senti.
ments of courage and independence OF
nobler and better living. There IS
nothing generous, nothing great with
out it. Poetry has no inspiration, the
song no melody, society no charm, the
arts no impulaes, eloquence no fire, in
dustrv no nerve where this sentl-
ment does not prevade the land. With
pride let me say, a spirit like this has
characterized our Southern people
from the earliest settlements of Amer
ica. We are the lineal descendants of
those gallant Cavaliers who grappled
with the hardihood OF the "Round-
heads in the great wars of Cromwell,
Having descended from the bold races
; of the North, this sunny cline OF ours
has warmed our blool into race OF
people capable of excelling in all
martial and chivalrous deeds. a I'd
we can never and must never, W hi
i, our race blood remains uncontamina
ted withhold generous need OF
praise from tn ose sentiments ald
l those actions which characterize our
e Southern civilization.
1 1t is for this cause rather than for
The institution Of slavery which they
sought to rerpetuate, that we must
), ,ver lauf those Southern heroes whose
II feats of cnivalry glittered with con
: summate courage and blazed viii
y flashing valor. True in the civi
3 strife to which [ refer thers have
, been errors, there have been faults
81 here have been crimes, which fling
-e shadow atnwar5 many an honoret
Is rraye, but far above those errors, thos
faults, those crimes, there rises mon
ument Of true manliness, true noblllt.
u true chivalry-pure, bright, imperish
le able!
8, We are rich with An inheritance Q
10 honor bequeathed to us through Ger
y. ,uries of noble history. "And it shoul
es De our daily thirst to increase it wit
a. splendid avarice." 1t is only by hon
is 1rable rivalries that we can hope t
n emulate the great doings of those VIII
on have gone before us. The contest fc
lts nonor which we have assembled
elr witness, is and should be, but an ep
III, ,ome of American lite. AS these brav
ed knights stand before me on plane
oerfect equality, in whose struggle tt
no , crown, true merit must win. 50 1t
IT'S. with every American youth who
us brow yearns with noble ambition f
lid The chaplet of glory. And to me f
en- ,obler is the lieutenant who wins h
It's ,paulettes upon the field OF fame ths
'rn he prince who is born to commaI
'n' armies.
SIN And to you, ladies', what | have sa
LIE ior chivalrv, | have sad because II
we beautiful and venerable relic OF b
ty' zone days has ever owed its charm
ca ;he part played by your sex. +
e a YOU it fiouaished tlousand yea
I'll Fer you It's eraces are cultivated st
al For you the Tournament still lives
ne, your approving smiles we have II
Its ,,oday. I regret tnat We have but o
crown to effer you, but l conSratuls
ood our Knights, that there are present
pho inspire them to noble daring, ma
hey queens whose noble brows are cro7
TOO ed with such natural grace, and BEG
tne w and loyeliness, that diadem OF t
ana est stones would hardly add lust
ana And now Sir Knights, invokl
ous our guardian saints,
" charge thee by st. George, trust not to cha
ran But let thy eyes and hand attend thy lance
ope | 'Tis not strength, but art that wins the P
nJ And to be sniff is less than to be wise.
rest And by ST. Patrick let me W
fter thee:
anne "Though thy suit be rejected
H., Be not too detected,
,AN' For q lover forssken a new lover
hose get.
the But a neck once broken can neve